Foods – Part IV: Herbs and Plants That Heal [1984]

Excerpt: An aspect of what you call herbs (in other words, the singled-out plants for their profound, unique qualities) which needs to be considered here is that many of these, in and of themselves, do not contain a needed element, a needed compound in the chemical sense, but are aggressive in the heightening of the body’s production or absorption or combusting of these from the nutritional elements or foods. See?

Also, they have the quality of acting as guards or guardians, preventing the body from any further injury or dis-ease from foreign elements or vibrations which are errant, by causing clear identification to the body’s own natural forces of those which are benevolent and those which are benign. There is also the catalytic effect to mineral, to vitamin, and to the base elements of the body’s structure as you identify them.